Chapter 144 Condiment Business
A little chili powder is evenly sprinkled on the soon-to-be-finished lamb, immediately exuding an attractive fragrance, mouth-watering.
"The mutton is ready, brothers, come and try it." Li Guodong greeted enthusiastically.
Li Xiaohui, who helped roast mutton, turned the fat mutton into pieces, and her saliva had already dripped. He heard that it was ready to eat, so she couldn't wait to pick up a piece of mutton. Before she could tear it open, she smelled an attractive fragrance. She gently tore the mutton open, and the delicious juice inside flowed out and dripped on her hands. Li Xiaohui sucked her fingers without any image, and felt that the taste was particularly delicious. She tore off a strip of meat and put it into her mouth. It was fragrant and spicy, and it tasted very enjoyable.
"Xin'er, try it too." Li Xiaohui tore off a large piece of meat and handed it to Xin'er.
Xin'er smelled the aroma of roasted lamb from afar. She took the lamb and took a bite. She felt that a fragrance that had never been seen before came to her heart. Although it was a bit spicy, it was very delicious. It was a delicious food she had never eaten before. After all, Xin'er was a personal maid from a wealthy family and ate it elegantly. She tasted it in small bites.
In fact, Li Guodong didn’t dare to put too much garbage. After all, people in this era have never eaten this food, and it will take some time to adapt.
"Sister Xiuying, you can try it too. I just asked you to pound the peppers. Thank you for your hard work. Taste the fruits of your own labor." Li Guodong picked up a piece of lamb leg, cut a piece of meat with a knife, and handed it to He Xiuying.
He Xiuying grabbed the meat and put it into her mouth. Although it was a bit spicy, it tasted really exciting. It was so delicious that it was many times more delicious than the roasted mutton I had eaten before.
"Brother Li, you are so awesome! You know everything!" The little girl was full of admiration for Li Guodong.
Li Guodong smiled. It was not just to make this chili powder for himself, but a good thing that could make a lot of money.
But no one noticed that Li Hong quietly brought a lot of roasted lamb and sent it to the dungeon where Tumot captives were imprisoned.
After returning to his parody, Li Guodong did not impatiently go to Chahar's tribe as required by the court, but instead sent him to Zhangjiakou first and summoned Wang Quan to see him.
If he had been seeking Lin Danhan as a recruit, he would have been seeking death. Just a while ago, Lin Danhan had just come to Datong and came with cavalry, begging for the city to reward. As a result, after the news reached the capital, the young emperor Chongzhen was furious: "I have given Lin Danhan a lot of benefits, but Jiannu invaded, where was Lin Danhan? He also defeated the Tumotes into the enemy of the Ming Dynasty! Let him leave the Ming Dynasty!"
Yuan Chonghuan, who was most determined to form an alliance with Lin Dankhan, is still in the heavenly prison and will be executed in two months. Emperor Chongzhen rejected Lin Dankhan's request and ordered the Governor of Xuanda Wei Yunzhong to expel Lin Dankhan.
Lin Danhan was furious when he learned that he was rejected by the Ming Dynasty: "Since the Ming Dynasty refused to give it to me, then men, let's get what we want ourselves!"
So Mongolian soldiers plundered in the Datong area, and many nearby villages were attacked.
But where did Wei Yunzhong have the strength to expel Lin Danhan? He could only send a letter to Li Guodong, asking him to go to Lin Danhan's camp to negotiate with Lin Danhan, and let Lin Danhan retreat.
Naturally, Li Guodong would not go to die at this time, but instead drag it out, let's hold on first. Anyway, Lin Danhan did not dare to stay in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so he had to be wary of Huang Taiji who might come to cause trouble for him at any time. It is estimated that in a few days, Lin Danhan himself would withdraw his troops from Xuanda. Once Lin Danhan withdrew his troops, he would not have to worry about the court sending people to raise troops to seek punishment. Thinking of this, Li Guodong secretly thanked that if he had not known the progress of history, he would have been the way of these civil officials.
Looking back on his previous life, he read the Ming history compiled by the Qing Dynasty and said that Wei Yunzhong was upright and honest. Li Guodong naturally doubted this. Wei Yunzhong was from Shanxi and Governor of Xuanda. If he said that he had no relationship with the Shanxi merchants, he would not believe anyone. However, when Wei Yunzhong suppressed the bandits, he did do his best, but he was no match for the bandits at all. He was beaten to lose his city and land, and was finally impeached and lost his official position.
If Wei Yun, who is both civil and military, could he be beaten by Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang all over the ground? If Hong Chengchou is replaced, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang will be beaten. It can be said that this person has the ability, but if he can guard a county town, he will be able to accept Xuanda exceeds his ability.
Many official historians cannot believe, such as Wang Wenyan, who is obviously sinister and vicious, has designed to kill Xiong Tingbi, but is so upright in history books.
Five days later, Wang Quan came to the hamlet to meet Li Guodong.
"Brother Wang Quan, we have been good brothers for many years. I have always arranged for you to open a business in Zhangjiakou. First, it was to collect information, and it was really to really make some money. What about the Dadewang business now?" Li Guodong asked straight to the point without any unnecessary nonsense.
Wang Quan bowed his hand and replied, "Brother, before Jiannu entered the invasion, the business business was OK. However, during this period, there was no peace in all places. Lin Dankhan fought with the Tumotes, and the business of Chahar and Naturalization was cut off. In addition, Jiannu entered the invasion of the capital and robbed the capital, and even the source of goods was cut off. A while ago, Lin Dankhan invaded again, and the court refused to give the market reward, so Lin Dankhan simply robbed in Xuanda. Now that Jiannu has just left, the Mongolians have come again, and there is no peace for a day."
"Lin Danhan was rejected by the court and was robbed in Xuanda, but he did not dare to stay for a long time. Jiannu had always wanted to destroy him. He had to be wary of Jiannu and would definitely not dare to lose his troops in a clear understanding. Don't worry, he would leave in a few days."
"Then wait until Lin Danhan leaves, I will buy goods and go to the west entrance."
"No hurry, you have to go to Gu'an first and find a man named Wu Biao. After finding him, tell him that I asked you to come and put his 300 people into your caravan. Then you go to Lingnan and bring back the potatoes and sweet potatoes I want. By the way, go to Macau to find a Folang Ji man named Lu Ruohan, and bring back all the goods he promised to me."
"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely do what you told me!" Wang Quan said with a whisper and planned to say goodbye.
"Since you're here, let's stay for a few more days. Our brothers haven't seen each other for a long time." Li Guodong said.
That night, Li Guodong took out the chili powder and roasted it with mutton, and asked Wang Quan to taste it.
After the mutton was roasted, before he could start, he smelled an attractive fragrance. Wang Quan couldn't wait to taste it and screamed: "Wow! This mutton is so delicious! Brother, how did you make it?"
Li Guodong pointed to the chili powder and smiled and said, "The secrets are all here. I have a new seasoning called chili. Grind the chili into powder, and add large ingredients, cumin and other spices to make it the best roasted lamb condiment."
"The taste is really too good!" Wang Quan praised, "If this thing can be tasted first and then sold the condiments to them, it should be a lot of money, right?"
Chapter completed!